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GEORGE W. SMITH, OF 'MOUNT OLIVET, KENTUCKY! I Letters .Patent No. 64,917, dated Mag 21, 1867.

IMPINWEMEN'I.1 IN GARDEN cULTIvAToE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Y

Be itA known that LGEORGEW. SMITH, of Mount Olivet, in the county of Bracken, and State of Kentucky, have'invented a new and improved Garden Culti-vater; and -I do hereby declare that the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suicient to enable one skilled in the art to which the invention appertains to make use of it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specitication, and in\vhich- Figure l is a perspective view'.v

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section.

lThis is a garden tool combining a weed-cutter or hoe, a single shovel-share, a pair of shares acting as a double shovel, and, lastly,ia rake or barrow# Arrangements are further made for weighting the tool to give it sufficient penetration, and for thevattachment of a. draught-strapv if desired.

In the drawings, A is the handle, which may be of any length desired, according to the' purpose the swivel B is intended for the attachment of a strap "when it is desired to draw upon-it as a. plough. Gis a plate attached to the upper-side, and having uprights D D, which are intended to hold weights of cast iron, whose purpose is to sink the blades, shares, or teeth deeper in to the ground. A

The tools penetrating the ground are three characters, a cutting ledge, shares, andrake-teeth. These may be used singly or all in combination.' ,In `the'latter case the blade acts to cut the weeds, while the succeeding ploughs' stir the ground, the rake levelling it and collecting the trash. It'will frequently, however, be desirable to use the portions separately for which they are arranged, to be readily attached and detached, as their shanks slip into the holder and are secured there by bolts. The knife-edge or hoe E is used for cutting weeds; the single ploughshare or shovel for working between rows of young plants; the double plough Gr G for working the soil on each side of a rowfof young plants; the harrow H for levelling the soil and collecting refuse. I I

Having described my invention, what il claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The cultivator in its combined form; having a number of tools, E, F F, G G, H, easily detached for separate use, and capable ofrcombined use, substantially as described.

To the above specication o f my invention I have signed my hand this sixth day of December, 1866.

GEO. W. SMITH.

Witnesses N. C. BALL, PETER L. LINVILLE. 

